Duplicating a route

- [Instructor] If your designs include manifolds,…or redundant systems,…you might need to have the same run repeated…over and over in your design.…Rather than going through the process…of routing each of these runs individually,…you can simply duplicate a run.…I'll go to the tube and pipe styles.…I'll activate a run.…Copy it,…and paste it back in the tube and pipe styles.…This new run not only has all the same geometry,…but it is linked to the original content.…

So if I make a modification to the route,…in this case because it's a derived route,…I'll make modifications to the dimensions.…I can finished these modifications…and I'll see that both routes maintain the same geometry.…If at some point I want to make the routes unique,…to be able to make changes to one and not the other,…I can right click the new route…or the copied route…or any instance of the copied route,…make that one adaptive.…

It will save my work…and then it will prompt me…with the ability to select and define new file names…for my new components so that I'm not overlapping…

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10/19/2016

Designing routed elements—including piping—has never been easier than with Autodesk Inventor. Inventor's rules-based routing tools select the appropriate fittings, and allow you to easily change to a different style. Inventor will repopulate the pipe run with the new fittings while adhering to any new design rules. Join Thom Tremblay as he shows how to use automated and manual routes to create piping systems through your assemblies. Learn how to edit members of a run; change pipe styles based on material, diameter, length, radius, and more; duplicate routes; and document your designs in detailed 2D drawings.